The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-20
Huee1NG AND EMBRACING.
Fine Distinctions Drawn by Journal
istic Analyst.

Fine Distinctions Drawn by Journal
istic Analyst.
It remained for an eloquent editor in the
Chicago Inter- OCEAN to write readable
chapter on hugging and embracing. He
says:
Hugging is a comparatively modern in
stit1ltion Our ancestors never Rugged.
They calmly and demurely embraced,
There's a big difference between a hug and
an embrace. The hug is an earnest, quick,
impetuouS contraction of the muscles of the
arms and chest when the object to be
h,gped lies within the circle bounded by
fhe arms. while the chest is the goal or final
,,o,nt of the hug. The warmth of the hug
IS determined by the muscular CON
traction But the hug is not, as anato-
,nists assert, terminated when the object
is brought in contact with the chest. On
the contrary, the sweeping is hut the shell
of the operation. The kernel is reached
when the space between the hugger and the
bugree is annihilated, and the blade of
knife could scarcely be inserted between
both surfaces. This is. perhaps, tire most
dangerous stage of the operation. y pound
nay, few ounces-of extra pressure may
result, if not i'll the displacement of rib, at
least in the bursting of a corset string, with
the almost. inevitable destruction of bangs,
mOllldRueS, NaAN 6S. l'ullo INV
gear The release, if not skilfully managed,
IS attended with danger, and should be as
gradual as the elementary pressure.
Expression OF anguish on the part of the
Rugged may, as a rule, be regarded as hypo-
critical and should have no effect in in
ducing the hugger to diminish the pressure.
In like manner all danger signals in regard
TO the arrival of third party on the scene
should be Investigated by the party of the
g. tst hpfOIa 1pppiEincr the attention tlA
genuine arrival of n parent or guardian
might command. THIS may be done by a
0ulck glance over the shoulder, and this
rapid change of the direction of the head
may be accomplished by a little practice
without making any relaxation of pressure
necessary If the warning should prove to
be without foundation the deceit may be
punished by from two to three pounds of
additional pressure, but so gradual that
none of the ornaments Of the person Rugged
nav suffer These little accidents ruffle the
temper and embitter the memory of the
operation. The small affairs of the toilet
are not accomplished easily, and the female
mind is ruffied by the destruction of the
laborious embellishments of the morning
hour.
The embrace is merely the throwing out
and partial contraction of the arms, with
out any special attention to an objective
point Near relatives should be embraced
and not Rugged. An especially young and
pretty aunt may be excepted, and cases are
known where an extremely juvenile and
good-looking step-mother has been the
occasion of the merging of the embrace into
the hug But this is rarely done, particu-
lary if the embracer is dependent on the
purse of the old man for the necessities as
well as the luXurles of life. To embrace a
mother-in-law is a hollow mockeTy, and
should be attempted only when some i'm
portant object has to be attained, and even
then it is hardly excusa bic.